> Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not
> want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine.
i changed my ~/.mc/bindings file to browser packages with midnight
commander.
just replace 'regex/\.s?a' ny 'regex/\.(s?a|ipk|opk)'
OT: the same way
> AFAIK file should return you a 'debian binary' file format for ipk
> packages now.
Duh, it does now indeed. I can see why it can be useful, but for it
would also sometimes be useful to know that it's a "subtype" of `ar'.
Stefan
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On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after
>> renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and
>> I dont know why).
>
> Try it with `file': it will usually tell you what kind of file you're
>
> I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after
> renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and
> I dont know why).
Try it with `file': it will usually tell you what kind of file you're
looking at. `ipkg' packages have used various formats over t
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10:14AM +0100, Kasper Johansen wrote:
>> Hi list.
>>
>> Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not
>> want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine.
>
>
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10:14AM +0100, Kasper Johansen wrote:
> Hi list.
>
> Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not
> want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine.
man dpkg-deb
> I have been able to extract some packages by using "
Risto H. Kurppa wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kasper Johansen wrote:
>
>> For future reference: "ar -x some_package.ipk" did the trick.
>>
>> Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote:
>>
>>> .ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
>>> initially packaged with ar, n
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kasper Johansen wrote:
> For future reference: "ar -x some_package.ipk" did the trick.
>
> Thank you Gunnar!
>
>
> Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote:
>> .ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
>> initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking w
For future reference: "ar -x some_package.ipk" did the trick.
Thank you Gunnar!
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote:
> .ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
> initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data
> file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz,
.ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data
file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz, which you can untar as usual.
data.tar.gz is meants to be untarred in /, i.e. it contains all folders
up from usr, var,
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